The past months for me and my
company were not so good. Our business partner pulled-out because the
memorandum of agreement between us and them already lapsed, leaving our company
on the brink of closure and the transfer of our clients to other companies.
I’ve encountered 2 major problems
when the frenzy rose. As a marketing personnel, it’s a quite saddening that all
of my fruits (recruits) for this year were harvested by other companies. I’m left
with no choice to discharge them because as I’ve said, we cannot accommodate
them for this business year.
While as a front desk personnel, all
of the problems/rants/stresses of our clients as well as their guardians were
thrown in my face. It’s like me being the shock absorber of the whole company.
In my 2 years of stay in the
company, it’s the first time I felt that there are steel balls attached on my
feet every time I wake up in the morning for office. Every time I hear the
office phone rings, it’s like I’m having a mini-heart attack. And every time a
parent/client approaches my desk, I just wish that there’s an escape door on my
foot steps.
Honestly, there are plenty of times
I thought of quitting. I felt that my stress level then was not appropriate
with a 22-year old kind of mind set. But fortunately, I stayed.
Roughly a month passed, our company
laid-off almost half of its employees and discharged its entire market. But the
good thing is that our president has decided to re-open the company next year,
which is enough reason for few employees to stay. Luckily, I’m one of the few
to have job retention.
After the turmoil, we decided to
have a small party. It’s a sort of a summer tradition of the company where we
go out of town or to a resort nearby. That night, as I reminisce the days of the
past months, I can’t help but smile and be thankful on my present state that
night.
The past incident made me realize
some things: that there is nothing certain in the corporate world, that the
real world after school was never sugar and spice all the time, that there’s a
rainbow after a rain, and that life… it really goes on.
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| Summer Outing 2012 |
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| CPDFI 2012 |
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